Judge sets November deadline for revised Google book deal

A New York judge overseeing the long-running case in which a group of authors and publishers sued Google over the company's attempt to obtain digital rights to millions of books ruled that the parties must submit a revised settlement agreement to the court by Nov. 9.

The previous agreement was scuttled last month when federal regulators notified the court that the pact may have been vulnerable to antitrust and copyright concerns. The Department of Justice filed an amicus brief after a wave of critics -- including authors, libraries and watchdog groups -- complained that the agreement was unfair.

A plaintiffs lawyer said the sides had been working "around the clock," and that the amended agreement would address the issues raised by the Justice Department, according to the Associated Press.

-- David Sarno

Comments

[Kyle Wilke]

I hope Google wins, this would help spread the knowledge of thousands of books to people who can't afford to either buy them or don't have access to them. At the same time I hope that they come to an agreement with the authors and publishes cause we don't want google controling everything, as long as they are just spreading knowledge then I say go ahead.